Abstract:Granzymes are a class of proteases produced by CD8 T cells to mediate their cytotoxic activity against target cells. The objective of this project is to determine the mechanism through which CD8 T cells are executing their granzyme-mediated cytotoxic function and how the tumor microenvironment (TME) impacts the specific granzymes produced. By micro-array and qPCR we determined that CD8 T cells in the TME have altered expression of specific granzymes. Granzyme F had one of the most altered expressions of all ge… Show more
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